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The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship, Community Treatment and Consent to Treatment) (Wales) Regulations 2008
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Forms of treatment under Part 4 of the Act
38.—(1) For the purposes of section 57 (treatment requiring consent and a second opinion) the form of treatment to which that section applies, in addition to the treatment mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of that section (any surgical operation for destroying brain tissue or for destroying the functioning of brain tissue), is the surgical implantation of hormones for the purpose of reducing male sexual drive.
(2) For the purposes of section 58A (electro-convulsive therapy, etc.) the form of treatment to which that section applies, in addition to the administration of electro-convulsive therapy mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of that section, is the administration of medicines as part of that therapy.
(3) Section 58A does not apply to treatment by way of the administration of medicines as part of electro-convulsive therapy where that treatment falls within section 62(1)(a) or (b) of the Act (treatment immediately necessary to save the patient’s life or to prevent a serious deterioration in his or her condition).
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